# CVE-2026-7652: LatePoint <= 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism

> Unauthenticated attackers can take over WordPress accounts by exploiting weak password recovery and email merging in the LatePoint booking plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2026
- **Updated:** 12 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-25hw-9r4r-54w4

## What is CVE-2026-7652?

CVE-2026-7652 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events, published on 9 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in the unauthenticated guest booking flow in versions up to, and including, 5.5.0 This is due to the save_connected_wordpress_user() function propagating a LatePoint customer's email address to its linked WordPress user account via wp_update_user() without any ownership verification, combined with the guest booking flow's ability to overwrite an existing customer's email through phone-based merge without authentication. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the email address of a non-super-admin WordPress user account that is not yet linked to a LatePoint customer, enabling full account takeover by subsequently triggering the standard WordPress password-reset flow to the attacker-controlled address granted the plugin is configured with WordPress user integration enabled, phone-based contact merging, and customer authentication disabled. Administrator accounts on single-site installs are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7652?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-7652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-7652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-7652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-7652 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events, published on 9 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7652/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7652/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.